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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf2g50045w No online items Finding Aid for the Richard Montague papers LSC.0264 Finding aid prepared by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé UCLA Library Special Collections Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 18. Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.ucla.edu/special-collections Finding Aid for the Richard LSC.0264 1 Montague papers LSC.0264 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Title: Richard Montague papers Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0264 Physical Description: 20.4 Linear Feet(40 boxes, 1 oversize box, and 1 document box) Date (inclusive): 1948-1972 Abstract: Richard Montague was a mathematician, theorist and UCLA Professor of Philosophy, known as the namesake behind Montague Grammar theory of natural language semantics. The collection consists of correspondence, lecture notes, research notes, and personal materials relating to Montague's role as an organist. Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Language of Material: Materials are in English. Conditions Governing Access Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Box 41 is restricted due to privacy restrictions including PII and FERPA. Please contact Special Collections reference ([email protected]) for more information. Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains processed audiovisual materials. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Conditions Governing Use Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Richard Montague papers (Collection 264). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift from Edgar Montague, 1971. Addition donated by the UCLA Department of Philosophy in 2013. Processing Information Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices. Original collection processed by Manuscripts Division staff in 1997. Addition processed by Mary Priest in 2015 in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT) , under the supervision of Jillian Cuellar. Processing of this collection was generously supported by the Constantine and Perina Panunzio Endowment for University Archives. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 2470263 Biography/History Richard Montague was born in Stockton, California on September 20, 1930. Montague studied philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1950. During his graduate work, Montague studied mathematics and philosophy with Alfred Tarski at Bekeley. His dissertation, Contributions to the Axiomatic Foundations of Set Theory, contained groundbreaking work on axiomatic set theory and helped propel Montague's academic career forward. Montague received his master's degree in mathematics from Berkeley in 1953 and his doctorate in the same subject in 1957. Montague began teaching at UCLA in 1955 as a professor of Philosophy. While there, he continued research into natural language semantics and formed an approach that would become known as Montague grammar. His thesis was that natural languages and formal languages contain no theoretical differences in terms of comprehension of syntax and semantics. Montague died on March 7, 1971 in Los Angeles, California after being strangled in his home. His murder currently remains unsolved. Scope and Content Finding Aid for the Richard LSC.0264 2 Montague papers LSC.0264 This collection consists of professional and personal materials relating to mathematician and UCLA Professor of Philosophy, Richard Montague. The papers includes correspondence, lecture notes, research notes, and a manuscript of a monograph written by Solomon Feferman and Richard Montague. Subject files include conference notes, drafts of unpublished papers, and lecture notes from Montague's mentor, Alfred Tarski. Personal materials include programs, announcements, and brochures relating to Montague's role as an organist. Organization and Arrangement Collection is arranged in the following series: Series 1: Feferman - Montague Monograph Series 2: Lecture Notes Series 3: Personal Series 4: Philosophy of Language (Miscellaneous Research Notes) Series 5: Subject Files Series 6: Addition Subjects and Indexing Terms Language and languages -- Philosophy. Philosophy. Series 1: Feferman - Montague Monograph Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. box 8, folder 1 Correspondence & publishing agreement. box 8, folder 2 Dittoed material - Chapters 1-3, etc. box 8, folder 3 [Loose pages]. box 8, folder 4 Chapters 1-2, old version. box 8, folder 5 Chapters 3-4, second copy (with letter about directness theorem). box 8, folder 6 Chapter 2, theorem 4, carbon. box 8, folder 7 Chapter 4. box 8, folder 8 Chapter 2. box 8, folder 9 Continuum of relative interpretability types (abstract). box 8, folder 10 Chapter 1. box 8, folder 11 Miscellaneous 2. box 8, folder 12 Chapter 8. box 8, folder 13 Chapter 6. box 8, folder 14 Chapter 7. box 8, folder 15 Chapter 3. box 8, folder 16 Chapter 5. box 9, folder 1 Independently axiomatizable theories, abstract & early notes. box 9, folder 2 Goedel-Feferman theorem. box 9, folder 3 Generalization of Goedel's two theorems (symposium paper, etc.). box 9, folder 4 General formulations of Goedel's second underivability theorem. box 9, folder 5 Extremes of Goedel's second incompleteness theorem, talk in Chicago. April 1965. Finding Aid for the Richard LSC.0264 3 Montague papers LSC.0264 Series 1: Feferman - Montague Monograph box 9, case 1 Philosophic Implications of the Gödel Incompleteness Theorem-ASL Meeting Chicago uclayrlsc_0264_009_005_001a 1965 April 30 Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 1/4 inch audiotape; Duration: 1:09:18)7 inches Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Scope and Contents Content Note: corresponding paper insert and CD included in folder. box 9, case 1 Philosophic Implications of the Gödel Incompleteness Theorem-ASL Meeting Chicago uclayrlsc_0264_009_005_001b 1965 April 30 Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 1/4 inch audiotape; Duration: 1:20:23)7 inches Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Scope and Contents Content Note: corresponding paper insert and CD included in folder. box 9, folder 6 Chapter 9. box 9, folder 7 [Incomparable theories]. box 9, folder 8 [Relative interpretability]. box 9, folder 9 Chapters 1-9 off[icial] copy. box 9, folder 10 Errors of Way & Mostowski. box 9, folder 11 Chapter 10 (strongly arithmetical, or set theoretical theories). box 9, folder 12 [Miscellaneous 1]. box 9, folder 13 [Loose pages]. box 9, folder 14 Feferman. Arithmetization of metamathematics in a general setting. box 10, folder 1 Feferman pencilled class notes. box 10, folder 2 Feferman thesis. box 10, folder 3 Feferman: lecture notes on metamathematics. box 10, folder 4 Church, manuscript on formal theories. Series 2: Lecture Notes box 4, folder 1 Philosphy 12A (Berkeley). Summer 1969. General note See also: Rules of thumb, infallible. box 4, folder 1 Philosphy 12A (Berkeley). Summer 1969. General note See also: Rules of thumb, infallible. box 4, folder 2 Predicate calculus: how to eliminate descriptions (and other definite singular terms). box 4, folder 3 Philosophy 232B. , & Amsterdam. , official dittoed notes --- pp.1-52 (elementary syntax). Fall 1965 Spring 1966 box 4, folder 4 Philosophy 232 B. , & Amsterdam. , official dittoed notes --- pp.52-95 (non-elementary syntax). Fall 1965 Spring 1966 box 4, folder 5 Philosophy 231 , dittoed notes, official. January 1964-1965 box 4, folder 6 Philosophy 232B. Fall 1965. box 4, folder 7 Pragmatics & intensional logic, notes & talks. box 4, folder 8 Pragmatics (paper), supplementary materials. box 4, folder 10 Pragmatics & language.